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Shrink-Film Configurable Multiscale Wrinkles for Functional Alignment of Human Embryonic Stem Cells and their Cardiac Derivatives

Journal

ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 23, Issue 48, Pages 5785-+

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103463

Keywords

biomimetics; human embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes; contact guidance; action potential propagation

Funding

  1. Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology
  2. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine [RN2-00921-1]
  3. NIH [1DP2OD007283, R01 HL72857]
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [N66001-1-4003]
  5. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR)
  6. Shrink Nanotechnologies Inc
  7. Stanford CIS
  8. CC Wong Foundation
  9. Research Grant Council [103544]

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A biomimetic substrate for cell-culture is fabricated by plasma treatment of a prestressed thermoplastic shrink film to create tunable multiscaled alignment wrinkles. Using this substrate, the functional alignment of human embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes is demonstrated.

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